Three Godfathers

Mar 6, 1936

1h 21m

★ 6.9

On the brink of hell...a baby's smile came into the darkened souls of three bad men!

Overview

In a town called New Jerusalem, three bandits hold up a bank. After a gun battle with the townspeople, the three robbers retreat into the scorching Arizona desert. There, they happen upon an ill woman stranded with her child. As the mother dies, she begs the men to take care of her infant. The fugitives want to save the baby -- but to do so, they'll have to travel back to New Jerusalem, where they are wanted men. Remade as 3 Godfathers (1949).

Genres

Action

Drama

Western

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Three Godfathers Trailers

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Cast

Robert 'Bob' Sangster

Chester Morris

James 'Doc' Underwood

Lewis Stone

Samuel 'Gus' Barton

Walter Brennan

Molly

Irene Hervey

Professor Amos Snape

Sidney Toler

Blackie Winters

Dorothy Tree

Sheriff

Roger Imhof

Reverend McLane

Willard Robertson

Frank Benson

Robert Livingston

Ed Barrow

John Sheehan

Pedro

Joseph Marievsky

'Buck Tooth'

Victor Potel

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